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Book SynopsisThe Half Toys dinosaur range mixes a fun 3D jigsaw puzzle toy with educational play. Each dinosaur is built with a magnetic body that can be separated into 2 parts to reveal a skeletal puzzle within, helping children learn the basics of anatomy and natural history through play. All dinosaurs come with a fun fact file and its own unique display diorama, so you can build the 3D environment for the half-toy and link them up with other collectible sets in the range. These pocket-sized toys are great gift ideas that offer hours of play or can be enjoyed within a display setting or as a desk toy. The dinosaur range is based around animals from the Jurassic and Cretaceous period. Suitable for ages 3+ years.

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Book SynopsisThe Half Toys dinosaur range mixes a fun 3D jigsaw puzzle toy with educational play. Each dinosaur is built with a magnetic body that can be separated into 2 parts to reveal a skeletal puzzle within, helping children learn the basics of anatomy and natural history through play. All dinosaurs come with a fun fact file and its own unique display diorama, so you can build the 3D environment for the half-toy and link them up with other collectible sets in the range. These pocket-sized toys are great gift ideas that offer hours of play or can be enjoyed within a display setting or as a desk toy. The dinosaur range is based around animals from the Jurassic and Cretaceous period. Suitable for ages 3+ years.

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Book SynopsisDemon Slayer 10.5 Tanjiro Soft Toy.

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Book SynopsisDemon Slayer 10.5 Nezuko Soft Toy.

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Book Synopsis?????????? Omg! How can a person write a book like this? Is K.N. Milde a genius? Must be! It''s a masterpiece!'Tomorrow is Recruitment Day.Or, as I like to call it, Sign Your Suicide Contract Day.And like all the sane people alivewho are few, both in terms of sanity and life statusI don't plan on sticking around for itThe Sector Protection ForceSPOREis all that stands between humanity and the infected. Like everyone else her age, fifteen-year-old Ashley is forced to join the training program to become a soldier she just didn't think her attempt to escape recruitment would backfire so badly. Left for dead by her own friends, Ash is rescued by SPORE the very people who killed her father. Now, not only is she stuck with a bunch of suicidal recruits who worship everything she hates about SPORE, she also owes them her life.On the bright side, Ash is perfectly positioned to get what she's always wanted: an escape to the outside world.????????????Readers can''t get enough of Ashley's story:?????????? This was everything that I was looking for K. N. Milde has a strong writing style and am excited for more'?????????? I honestly loved this book It was fast paced and clever and constantly kept me guessing. It was full of emotion and heart ache, whilst also being completely action packed and bad ass'?????????? It''s been SO long since I read a good dystopian / post-apocalyptic book This book has total The Last Of Us vibes If you are a fan of zombies, dystopia and post-apocalyptic stories, make sure you give it a go'?????????? I love zombie stories! And more importantly, I love reading about how humans struggle, survive and find joy in the middle of the world falling apart. Milde did a great job with this world and these characters!'???????? The story gripped me and left me wanting more'???????? This story has all the elements of a sci-fi/fantasy/suspense. I appreciated all the effort that went into creating the world'???????? There was a lot going on in this story, but it was really fun and kinda crazy! Romance, survival, a training academy I think others would enjoy it a lot!'

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Book SynopsisFull of sharp dialogue, unreliable narration, and troubled characters this book was so good I couldn''t put it down' ?????''A rollercoaster, up-all-night book!' ?????A brand new psychological thriller for fans of Freida McFadden and John MarrsAn anonymous call raises the alarm. Two bodies found as a result of a home invasion. Then the police see the knives.One in his hand.One in hers.Joe and Beth appeared to have the perfect relationship. But there are two sides to every story.His truth. Her truth. And the actual truth.In this web of lies, only one person can be telling the truth, can't they?Praise for Noelle HoltenLots of twists, red herrings, and unreliable narrators leading up to an explosive ending and that epilogue wow!' ?????The ending was satisfying, with believable characters' ?????''Utterly convincing, hugely tense and completely compelling this book left me breathless!' ?????''As the story unravels, I found myself trusting no one and doubting everyone. The twists and turns in the short pacy chapters kept the tension tightening right until the very end.' ?????A thrilling rollercoaster of a read. It kept me guessing right up until the end and even then there are more surprises in store! ?????The dual POV, unreliable narration, short chapters, fast pace and the twists that kept coming made it an unputdownable read' ?????''I'd highly recommend this book and oh lets just say THAT ending! 5 stars from me!' ?????Absolutely spellbinding!' ?????A brilliantly plotted read. I found myself changing my mind at every turn about what would happen next and did not guess correctly' ?????''I finished His Truth Her Truth in a single, breathless sitting turning the final page after 1 a.m. and still reeling from the experience' ?????''Noelle is the queen of tricky plot points and mis-direction' ?????''That final twist had my head spinning' ?????I loved this dark and chilling' Robert BryndzaDark and gritty and kept me hooked until the very end' Casey KelleherA chilling and disturbing look inside the lives of domestic abuse survivors and their abusers. This book is truly eye-opening. You will race through it and never see the end coming. Brilliant!' Lisa ReganA pacey, tight, immersive thriller full of powerful emotion. Gripping stuff' Chris MerrittHard-hitting, impressively authentic nuanced, highly readable, page turning, a definite cut above the rest' Howard LinskeyExtremely powerful, incredibly thought provoking and ringing with authenticity, this is an excellent debut' M. W. Craven

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Book SynopsisI Will Always Love You? More like I'll only love you until someone better comes along'

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Book Synopsis''Great characters, a fast-moving plot and superb writing'' Reader review?????Lucas and Julia are about to become parents, but there's something Lucas hasn't told his wife. Two months ago, he lost his job and has been secretly working as a rideshare driver in a desperate attempt to make ends meet.But that's about the be the least of his problems. One evening he picks up a passenger in the Hollywood Hills. The man, Damon, puts a gun to Lucas's head, and tells him to drive.Because Damon has a list of men he intends to kill, and he needs Lucas's help. If Lucas complies, his family will be safe, but others will suffer. If he fights back, Damon will target his wife and daughter.It's an impossible choice, but what's clear is that Lucas's life is about to change forever. If he survives the night.READERS LOVE STEVE FRECH!''I was hooked from the start and finished this book in 1 day. I couldn''t read it fast enough'' ?????''A dizzying whirlwind with layer after layer of secrecy'' ?????''Clear your day because once you start reading this, you won''t be able to put it down until you know the truth!'' ?????

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Book SynopsisThis is volume eight of The History of The Times, a project begun in 1935 telling the story of the paper from its beginnings (as the Daily Universal Register) in 1785.The present volume brings the narrative almost up to date. Spanning twenty years from 2002, it covers the editorships of Robert Thomson (2002-07), James Harding (2007-12) and John Witherow (2013-2022). It records how The Times reported some momentous world events wars, terrorism, a financial crash, the elections of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, the Brexit referendum, the COVID-19 pandemic, the death of a queen but its primary focus is closer to home, on the developments and personalities that made The Times what it is.

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Book SynopsisAddresses the problem of improving public transit systems by taking advantage of various technologies and advanced modelling techniques.Table of ContentsInitial planning for urban transit systems; S.C. WirasinghePublic transport timetabling and vehicle scheduling; A. Ceder Designing public transport network and routes; A. Ceder Transit path choice and assignment model approaches; A. Nuzzolo Schedule-based transit assignment models; A. Nuzzolo Frequency based transit route choice models; M. Florian Capacity constrained transit assignment models and reliability analysis; M.G.H. Bell Dynasmart-IP - dynamic traffic assignment meso-simulator for intermodal networks; H.S. Mahmassani & K.F. Abdelghany Modeling competitive multi-modal services; H.K. Lo et al. Modeling urban taxi services - a literature survey and an analytical example; Hai Yang et al. The estimation of origin-destination matrices in transit networks; S. C. Wong & C.O. Tong Models for optimizing transit fares; Jing Zhou & W.H.K. Lam

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Book SynopsisOne of the most important avant-garde movements of postwar Paris was Lettrism, which crucially built an interest in the relationship between writing and image into projects in poetry, painting, and especially cinema. This is a monograph in English on the Lettrists.

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Book SynopsisFew contemporary poets elicit such powerful responses from readers and critics as the author. The New York Times Book Review calls her work personal, necessary, and important, while Publishers Weekly say she is nothing less than brilliant. This book deals with her works.Trade Review"Carson is a brilliant and original translator." (Publishers Weekly)"

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Book SynopsisDeemed by Heinrich Heine a city of merchants where poets go to die, Hamburg was an improbable setting for a major intellectual movement. This book considers not just the men but also the historical significance of the time and place where their ideas took form.

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Book SynopsisWhy must critics unmask and demystify literary works? Why do they believe that language is always withholding some truth, that the critic's task is to reveal the unsaid or repressed? In this book, Rita Felski examines critique, the dominant form of interpretation in literary studies, and situates it as but one method among many, a method with strong allure-but also definite limits. Felski argues that critique is a sensibility best captured by Paul Ricoeur's phrase the hermeneutics of suspicion. She shows how this suspicion toward texts forecloses many potential readings while providing no guarantee of rigorous or radical thought. Instead, she suggests, literary scholars should try what she calls postcritical reading: rather than looking behind a text for hidden causes and motives, literary scholars should place themselves in front of it and reflect on what it suggests and makes possible. By bringing critique down to earth and exploring new modes of interpretation, The Limits of Criti

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A fascinating, often hopeful journey through the landscape histories of 'vibrant resistance'--anarchism, anti-slavery movements, social-justice activists--that have sprung up across North America over the last two centuries." -- Robert Macfarlane * Guardian, Best Books of the Year *"Though the histories in This Radical Land took place long ago, the era’s conflicted ideas about preservation, sustainability, and progress still confuse the debate over just what our relationship to nature should be." * Bookforum *"Miller offers an engaging interplay of natural and political history, and demonstrates an eye for that single detail that can illuminate the whole damn diorama. . . . Miller succeeds in sketching an evocative if episodic shadow history of American expansion, and succeeds also in unearthing the 19th-century roots of an environmentalism founded in sustainable human engagement with the natural world." * Times Higher Education *"A debut book that ranges across disciplines and decades to connect the natural environment--especially long-lived trees--to a scathing critique of American-style capitalism. Alternating abstract theory with impressive research, both bolstered by extensive sources . . . the author builds his case about understanding American history by examining destruction of the environment through essays grounded in the 19th century. . . . He offers an eclectic education often marked by soaring prose.” * Kirkus Reviews *"Inventive. . . . A creative linking of landscape and radicalism." * Publishers Weekly *"Through interpretive brilliance and gorgeously crafted prose, Daegan Miller's This Radical Land: A Natural History of Dissent rescues this sense of environmental awe from excessive skepticism. . . . One of the most elegant and insightful examples of environmental writing I've seen in many, many years." * Pacific Standard *"Nuanced, provocative, and immensely learned. . . . We would do well, through the conversation started here by Miller, to find the sparks of 'radicalism' in their relations with nature, and use those sparks to build our world." * Nature Plants *"Seeing nature as wild, rather than curated wilderness or resource for the taking, gave Miller’s characters opportunities to chart alternate paths for the nation. If they can do it, Miller implies, why can’t we? . . . Miller delights in his sources, and readers will feel that they are walking beside him as he paces off the seven feet of one of Thoreau’s maps and opens the heavy covers of the Union Pacific’s promotional book of photos. He targets his research precisely. Long lists of sources are not cited merely for the sake of impressive footnotes. At times, metaphor does more of his argument’s work than evidence, but that is largely due to Miller’s investment in his writing. He wants to woo his readers into following his intuitive leaps from deeply considered theory and historiography to the hard ground of a Utah rail bed." -- Flannery Burke * Environmental History *"Drawing on superb scholarly detective work, This Radical Land tells fascinating stories about the history of our ties to the land that give us an alternative to viewing natural spaces as either a resource to exploit or a wilderness museum for the privileged. Miller peels back the history to reveal that, however ignored, Americans have always resisted the exploitation of nature. Perhaps his more nuanced environmental history will inspire those today who, continuing the mute protest of the witness tree, would pull the planet back from the brink of death." -- Richard Higgins, author of Thoreau and the Language of Trees"Daegan Miller rekindles a legacy of environmental dissent. The ideas and landscapes of nineteenth-century 'countermoderns' are signposts, still legible, to alternative futures. This book bears witness like a burning bush." -- Jared Farmer, author of Trees in Paradise: A California History"Remarkable. . . . All told, Miller has produced a wonderful work, not just of environmental history, but also of nature writing in its highest form. This is a book worth reading." * Environmental History *"Daegan Miller presents four essays rooted in landscapes of nineteenth-century America o make the case that there have always been thinkers and actors for whom nature had a higher purpose than capitalist greed. Trees--characterized as "the past's oldest witness" (from the book's first sentence)--play a central role throughout This Radical Land: A Natural History of America Dissent. Each essay has what Miller calls a witness tree that "stands as the central, organizing, orienting landmark" for the tale to be told (6)." -- Conner Bailey * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsWhen the Bough Breaks Act One: At the Boundary with Henry David Thoreau Act Two: The Geography of Grace: Home in the Great Northern Wilderness Intermission Act Three: Revelator’s Progress: Sun Pictures of the Thousand-Mile Tree Act Four: Possession in the Land of Sequoyah, General Sherman, and Karl Marx Enduring Obligations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Used in Notes Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWineburg has become the go-to guy for helping people, both teachers and administrators, think about how to teach kids history. This book is an accessible account of how we've tried to do it, why and how we've failed, and how we could do better.Trade Review"A sobering and urgent report from the leading expert on how American history is taught in the nation's schools. Wineburg offers a set of timely and elegant essays on everything from the nuttiness of standardized testing regimes to the problems kids have, in the age of the internet, in knowing what's true, and what's not--problems that teachers have, too, along with everyone else. A bracing, edifying, and vital book."--Jill Lepore

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Book SynopsisWe are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim the first one caused by humans. Activists, filmmakers, writers, and artists are seeking to bring the crisis to the public's attention through stories and images that use the strategies of elegy, tragedy, epic, and even comedy. Imagining Extinction is the first book to examine the cultural frameworks shaping these narratives and images. Ursula K. Heise argues that understanding these stories and symbols is indispensable for any effective advocacy on behalf of endangered species. More than that, she shows how biodiversity conservation, even and especially in its scientific and legal dimensions, is shaped by cultural assumptions about what is valuable in nature and what is not. These assumptions are hardwired into even seemingly neutral tools such as biodiversity databases and laws for the protection of endangered species. Heise shows that the conflicts and convergences of biodiv

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Book SynopsisIn the popular imagination, Islam is often associated with words like oppression, totalitarianism, intolerance, cruelty, misogyny, and homophobia, while its presumed antonyms are Christianity, the West, liberalism, individualism, freedom, citizenship, and democracy. In the most alarmist views, the West's most cherished valuesfreedom, equality, and toleranceare said to be endangered by Islam worldwide. Joseph Massad'sIslam in Liberalismexplores what Islam has become in today's world, with full attention to the multiplication of its meanings and interpretations. He seeks to understand how anxieties about tyranny, intolerance, misogyny, and homophobia, seen in the politics of the Middle East, are projected onto Islam itself. Massad shows that through this projection Europe emerges as democratic and tolerant, feminist, and pro-LGBT rightsor, in short, Islam-free. Massad documents the Christian and liberal idea that we should missionize democracy, women's rights, sexual rights, tolerance,

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Book SynopsisDiscussions of China's early twentieth-century modernization efforts tend to focus almost exclusively on cities, and the changes, both cultural and industrial, seen there. As a result, the communist peasant revolution appears as a decisive historical break. Kate Merkel-Hess corrects that misconception by demonstrating how crucial the countryside was for reformers in rural China long before the success of the communist revolution. In The Rural Modern, Merkel-Hess shows that Chinese reformers and intellectuals created a modernity that was not the foreign and new modernity of Shanghai and other cities, but instead one that captured the Chinese people's desire for an agenda for social and political change rooted in rural Chinese traditions and institutions. She traces efforts to remake village education, social and cultural life, economics, and politics, analyzing how these efforts contributed to a new, inclusive vision of rural Chinese political life. Merkel-Hess argues that as China sought to redefine itself politically and culturally, such rural reform efforts played a major role, and tensions that thus emerged between rural and urban ways deeply informed social relations, government policies, and subsequent efforts to create a modern nation during the communist period.

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Book SynopsisA moving collection of intimate portraits of farm animals who somehow escaped the typical fate of their kind and got to experience old age. These photos have so much personality, and Leshko supplements them with accounts of each animal’s life and her experience photographing them.Trade Review"Very few books can make you laugh, cry, smile, and ponder the universe all at once. This rare, beautiful, and thoughtful volume of photographs and essays does exactly all that. Please read it, please think about its message, and, if you can, please act on it!"--Gene Stone, coauthor of Living the Farm Sanctuary LIfe "Because of the betrayals they endured at our hands over long lifetimes, the eyes of Isa Leshko's subjects radiate deep sadness and reproach, but also a touching dignity and lack of bitterness and fear. I found myself stroking their fur and feathers on the pages to comfort them or perhaps to ask their forgiveness. Hers is an unforgettable book."--Steven Wise, founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project "Beautiful art and powerful animal advocacy--Isa Leshko's portraits of elderly farmed animals are both. Abe the goat (age 21) I gaze at just because he's so handsome; the images of Pearl (age 7), Violet (age 12), and Stella (age 18) affirm for me why I don't eat turkeys, pigs, or cows. Isa's words are compelling too: in describing her patient methods of honoring each animal's comfort level with being photographed at his or her sanctuary home, it becomes clear why these images so touch our hearts. This volume is a perfect choice for animal lovers."--Barbara J. King, author of Personalities on the Plate "In this unexpected encounter with aging animals, Isa Leshko enables us to see what she sees: the beauty and dignity of those allowed to live into old age. There is something new in these gorgeous portraits of the old."--Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat and Burger "Allowed to Grow Old is a priceless and heartfelt tribute in stunning images and moving words to elderly farmed animals--senior citizens--who had previously lived horrific lives.This beautiful book clearly reveals the individuality of each animal photographed, and shows that farmed animals are no different from the companion animals with whom we share our homes and our hearts.They all are sentient beings with unique characters and personalities, who simply want to live out their lives with lots of love and in peace and safety. As an ethologist who has studied the emotional lives of a wide variety of animals, I could easily feel what each individual was feeling when they were photographed, and could well imagine the lives they have led. I hope this book enjoys a global audience. No matter what language readers speak, these images transcend different cultures and belief systems. They are that compelling."--Marc Bekoff, author of Canine Confidential "In Allowed to Grow Old, Leshko's remarkable, unsentimental photos of older chickens, turkeys, pigs, cows and other animals achieve something that I have not seen before in photos of domesticated animals. We get to know them, not as things to eat or produce milk or eggs for us, but as individuals with personalities and lives of their own to lead."--Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation "It is a pleasure to see these elderly cousins of ours, rheumy-eyed, bewhiskered, unsteady on their feet, enjoying their twilight years in peace, security, and dignity." --J. M. Coetzee "There is great poise and dignity in the animals Isa Leshko captures with her lens: their characters shine brightly despite their often devastating histories. She looks at them, and her gaze reveals them as individuals. One hopes our society looks, too, and does better for them all. What Leshko gives us with these photographs is a reminder of the very real fates of these and all farm animals. I would love to know every one of them." --Alexandra Horowitz, author of Inside of a Dog "I learned at an early age that animals are complex, thinking, feeling creatures. All animals. So often, though, we overlook the lives of those animals who are raised for farming and meat production. Isa Leshko offers us a deeply personal view into the lives of these animals. Her portraits are tender and present the inescapable fact that each subject is a living thinking creature with an individual history and personality." --Moby

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Book SynopsisThis stunning book charts the rich history of the blues, through the dazzling array of posters, album covers, and advertisements that have shaped its identity over the past hundred years. The blues have been one of the most ubiquitous but diverse elements of American popular music at large, and the visual art associated with this unique sound has been just as varied and dynamic. There is no better guide to this fascinating graphical world than Bill Dahl a longtime music journalist and historian who has written liner notes for countless reissues of classic blues, soul, R&B, and rock albums. With his deep knowledge and incisive commentary complementing more than three hundred and fifty lavishly reproduced images the history of the blues comes musically and visually to life. What will astonish readers who thumb through these pages is the amazing range of ways that the blues have been represented whether via album covers, posters, flyers, 78 rpm labels, advertising, or other promotional materials. We see the blues as it was first visually captured in the highly colorful sheet music covers of the early twentieth century. We see striking and hard-to-find label designs from labels big (Columbia) and small (Rhumboogie). We see William Alexander's humorous artwork on postwar Miltone Records; the cherished ephemera of concert and movie posters; and Chess Records' iconic early albums designed by Don Bronstein, which would set a new standard for modern album cover design. What these images collectively portray is the evolution of a distinctively American art form. And they do so in the richest way imaginable. The result is a sumptuous book, a visual treasury as alive in spirit as the music it so vibrantly captures.

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Book SynopsisEarth has been witness to mammoths and dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or splitting apart, and comets and asteroids crashing catastrophically to the surface, as well as the birth of humans who are curious to understand it. But how was all this discovered? How was the evidence for it collected and interpreted? And what kinds of people have sought to reconstruct this past that no human witnessed or recorded? In this sweeping and accessible book, Martin J. S. Rudwick, the premier historian of the Earth sciences, tells the gripping human story of the gradual realization that the Earth's history has not only been unimaginably long but also astonishingly eventful. Rudwick begins in the seventeenth century with Archbishop James Ussher, who famously dated the creation of the cosmos to 4004 BC. His narrative later turns to the crucial period of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, when inquisitive intellectuals, who came to call themselves geologists, began to in

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Book SynopsisMichelangelo's Sculpture is the first in a series of volumes of Steinberg's selected writings and unpublished lectures, edited by his longtime associate Sheila Schwartz.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this cautionary if hopeful debut, environmentalist Rowan Wright urges society to take responsibility for the fate of the oceans. Despite the threat of climate change, ‘there are plenty of reasons to feel optimistic,’ she notes, and practical solutions to undertake. . . . Perhaps Rowan Wright’s best suggestions are those that deal with individual actions and consumer decisions. Her discussion of sunscreen, for instance, urges people to shun the many popular brands containing oxybenzone and octinoxate, which can ‘disrupt coral reproduction and growth and exacerbate coral bleaching.’ Rowan Wright makes a strong case for how choices—big and small, collective and individual—can change the world."--Publishers Weekly;"Rowan Wright's book is a clear call to action to modernize the Law of the Sea so that it can deal with the changes in society, in the sea, on land, and in the atmosphere that have arisen since it came into force in 1994. This is the freshest, most sensible, and most optimistic perspective I have seen in a long time. I enjoy very much the positive, can-do approach. Very motivating."--Drew Harvell, Cornell University, author of A Sea of Glass and Ocean OutbreakTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Back-to-Front World 2. The Laws of Life 3. Teeming Seas 4. The Free Sea 5. Theory to Reality 6. Counteroffensive 7. Worrying about the Wrong Stuff 8. The Silver Bullet? 9. The Power of Many Small Changes 10. Finding Like Minds Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Edison's invention of the phonograph through contemporary field recording and sound installation, artists have become attracted to those domains against which music has always defined itself: noise, silence, and environmental sound. Christoph Cox argues that these developments in the sonic arts are not only aesthetically but also philosophically significant, revealing sound to be a continuous material flow to which human expressions contribute but which precedes and exceeds those expressions. Cox shows how, over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, philosophers and sonic artists have explored this sonic flux. Through the philosophical analysis of works by John Cage, Maryanne Amacher, Max Neuhaus, Christian Marclay, and many others, Sonic Flux contributes to the development of a materialist metaphysics and poses a challenge to the prevailing positions in cultural theory, proposing a realist and materialist aesthetics able to account not only for sonic art but for

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